Originally posted by MonkeyMan
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I had no rear sway for a couple weeks waiting for welding to be done and I hated it. Im not the best drifter, just started, but I can feel when the back or front of the car isnt doing what it should be doing. With no rear sway the back of the car flexed like crazy in the twisties. drifting just magnified the mushy feeling. it was horrible.
***Update:
so I finally got rid of my PS moaning and groaning by replacing the hoses. The car would smell like ps fluid when i got home from the engine temps cooking it and I was soo sick of seeing leaks when i pulled off. that shits embarrassing
I will suggest that you take the hoses off the rack & pump, take em off the reservoir and take the reservoir to autozone with you. When I drove my car there thursday an employee looked at the hoses, said they were swollen (which was right) and gave me the sizes he thought they looked like (which was wrong). When he just guessed and handed me the hoses i said, how about we look up the sizes but he insisted he knew my car. IDK how.
Needless to say I got all my shit apart and the hoses he sized by eye were too small. I wasnt happy. Then when I went back and a separate guy gave me heater hose. I told him thats not going to work and he said, "well thats only the return line right, it should hold up." He then looked it up on the computer and said they dont have the size there at all. Then I was pissed and caused a little scene, raised my voice and stated how I thought this was some bullshit.haha
Sometimes u gotta revert to plan-C to get things done right. He then asked me for the reservoir, which i put on the counter from the beginning, went to the isle with the hoses and found a snug fit. He came back and one of the hoses read "fuel hose". I told him I need all my shit to say "power steering" please. He went back there and found it. Cut me about 2ft worth. Then he tried to charge me extra for getting more hose so I asked for the manager and told her what happened the previous day. I said I think we should look up the size but he said theyre all the same.lol shenlet me go without having to pay again.
After 25min at autozone I got home, attached the lines to the reservior, put clips on it and that was snug. THen attached the reservoir back to the bracket. Got under the car, cut em down to length, put new clips on the hoses down there and was done.
While it was still jacked up I started the car and turned the wheel lock to lock with the CAP OFF. Added some more fluid and then lowered the car off the jack stands. Started the car again, with the cap off went lock to lock till I saw bubbles stop coming up and now I have full power steering in my E30 for the first time.
The wheel spins quicker on its own and its easier to steer in general. Im glad finally did this.
Then I had to hop in the shower and run out to the college park meet. I kept hearing about some car show at a garage out in Rockville, MD that we might be going to but I did not know it was going to be such a fun night. Didnt get home till like 2am. Gotta love it. Pics of that will be in here soon!
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